Re: 4ksq clutch replacement

[ti@amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Dave Fain writes:
> Can anybody tell me for sure if the clutch and pressure plate
> in my 1985 4000S Quattro are essentially the same units used
> in the VW Fox?

No.  The 5-cylinder cars don't use the same transmission/clutch
are the 4-cylinder.  It is likely that the VW Fox clutch stuff
is the same as the FWD 4000S models with 4-cylinder, but not
your 4000S quattro.

> Even the counter guy at the auto supply place
> was surprised at the price of the throwout bearing and pilot
> bearing for the Quattro so I wonder if the price for the same part 
> doesn't magically go up when you say "Audi".

It's not the "Audi" that bumps the price up.  It's the 5-cylinder-ness...
There is a certain economy-of-scale situation with parts for the
4-cylinder engines, because there are a lot more of them around.

> I am wrong, but the 5 cylinder Audi engine looks an awful
> lot like the 4 cylinder in my 1989 Fox with an extra
> cylinder grafted onto the front of it.  I have heard that
> a 4000S (non-Quattro) transaxle will fit a Fox, is this correct?

The 4 cylinder Audi 4000 and VW Fox both use the type 013
transmission, but the 5 cylinder quattro is a type 016.

> How about the water pump?  Are they interchangeable?

Interchangeable only between the 4 cylinders cars again.  Not
between the 4-cylinder and 5-cylinder.  The 4-cyl cars have
an external water pump, driven by the alternator belt.  The
5-cyl cars have a water pump located inside of the timing
belt cover, and driven by the timing belt itself.

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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